Biography Truman Fassett

The following biography was submitted by Dr. Melissa Fein, June
2004. The source is the obituary of the artist. Date is
unknown.

Truman
Fassett was born May 9, 1885 in Elmira N.Y., the son of the Hon. and
Mrs. Jacob Sloat Fassett. His mother was the former Jennie L. Crocker
of Sacramento, California, daughter of Judge Edwin B. Crocker.

His
painting career continued from the age of seven throughout his life.
Graduated from Cornell University in 1909, subsequently he pursued his
art education at the New York Art Students League, the Boston Museum
School, and in Paris, France, where he studied with Lucien Simon and
Richard Miller, and exhibited works at the Paris Salon in 1913.